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(43) Date of publication: 18.05.2022 Bulletin 2022/20 (21) Application number: 19745541.3 (22) Date of filing: 11.07.2019

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61N 1/05(2006.01) A61N 1/36(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61N 1/36038; A61N 1/0541 (86) International application number: PCT/US2019/041303 (87) International publication number: WO 2021/006904 (14.01.2021 Gazette 2021/02)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (71) Applicant: Advanced Bionics AG 8712 Staefa (CH)	(72) Inventors: HUDAK, Eric M. Los Angeles, California 90012 (US) TARIGOPPULA, Venkata S. Aditya Santa Clarita, California 91355 (US) (74) Representative: Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB  Patentanwälte Bauerstraße 22 80796 München 80796 München (DE)